Are you a researcher or PhD candidate and are you looking to improve your presentation skills in Academic English? Do you want to speak and present with more clarity and confidence?
This is a practice course for researchers who want to work on presenting Academic English in a spoken context. Students will learn and practice techniques in order to improve their clarity, comprehensibility and confidence while speaking Academic English.
The course focuses on effective structural and storytelling techniques to create the maximum impact for various presentation types. In addition, the course discusses linguistic (vocabulary, articulation, pronunciation) and paralinguistic (pace, inflection, pausing) elements in spoken English. Students will practice using their own topics and materials to improve their abilities to communicate effectively in international academic English.
For whom?
PhD candidates and researchers at VU Amsterdam who want to improve or strengthen their presentation skills.
Teacher
Abby Gambrel
Dates and times
- 18 November 2026
- 20 November 2026
- 25 November 2026
All sessions take place from 11.00-13.00.
Price
195 euros
Location
The meetings take place on the VU campus.
Registration and contact
Sign up by sending an email to alp.sgw@vu.nl.
Please note: this course will only take place when we have a minimum of 4 participants.